Lindberg (surname) – Wikipedia

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Lindberg is a common European surname. Literally translated it means lime OR LINDEN tree – mountain. It originally comes from villages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland[1] and is now very common in Sweden.

Geographical distribution[edit]

As of 2014, 52.9% of all known bearers of the surname Lindberg were residents of Sweden, 26.6% of the United States, 7.3% of Finland, 4.5% of Denmark, 3.4% of Norway and 1.9% of Canada.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:354) in the following counties:

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,441) in the following regions:

In the United States, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:25,889) in the following states:[2]

  • 1. Minnesota (1:2,886)
  • 2. North Dakota (1:5,623)
  • 3. Wyoming (1:7,249)
  • 4. Washington (1:7,391)
  • 5. Montana (1:7,443)
  • 6. South Dakota (1:9,169)
  • 7. Wisconsin (1:9,794)
  • 8. Vermont (1:11,445)
  • 9. Oregon (1:13,115)
  • 10. Alaska (1:14,169)
  • 11. Idaho (1:15,505)
  • 12. Massachusetts (1:18,030)
  • 13. Illinois (1:18,160)
  • 14. Utah (1:18,608)
  • 15. Rhode Island (1:18,664)
  • 16. Kansas (1:19,262)
  • 17. Connecticut (1:19,699)
  • 18. Michigan (1:20,983)
  • 19. Colorado (1:21,261)
  • 20. Iowa (1:22,068)
  • 21. New Hampshire (1:22,808)
  • 22. Nebraska (1:22,893)
  • 23. Arizona (1:23,616)
  • 24. New Mexico (1:23,808)

A–G[edit]

  • Anna Lindberg (born 1981), Swedish diver
  • Augusta Lindberg (1866–1943), Swedish actress
  • Carl Lindberg (1904–1984), Danish boxer
  • Chad Lindberg (born 1976), American actor
  • Charles W. Lindberg (1920–2007), United States Marine, one of the raisers of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima
  • Chris Lindberg (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey player
  • Christian Lindberg (born 1958), Swedish trombonist
  • Christina Lindberg (born 1950), Swedish actress and pin-up girl
  • David C. Lindberg (1935–2015), American historian of science
  • David R. Lindberg (born 1948), American malacologist
  • Dawn Lindberg (1945–2020), South African singer and actress
  • Donald A.B. Lindberg (1933–2019), U.S. physician
  • Edward Lindberg (1887–1978), U.S. Olympic athlete
  • Elsa Lindberg-Dovlette (1874–1944), Swedish writer and princess of Persia
  • Gunner Lindberg (born 1975), convicted U.S. murderer

H–M[edit]

  • Hanna Lindberg (1865–1951), Swedish politician, the first woman in a communal council (1910)
  • Hans Lindberg (born 1981), Danish team handball player
  • Helge Lindberg (1887–1928), Finnish opera singer
  • Janne Lindberg (born 1966), Finnish former professional footballer
  • Jim Lindberg (born 1968), U.S. singer-songwriter for the punk band Pennywise
  • John Lindberg (born 1959), American jazz double-bassist
  • John G. Lindberg (1884–1973), Finnish ophthalmologist, discoverer of exfoliation syndrome (1917)
  • Karin Lindberg (1929–2020), Swedish gymnast
  • Karin Kock-Lindberg (1891–1976), Swedish politician
  • Knut Lindberg (1882–1961), Swedish Olympic athlete
  • Knut Lindberg (wrestler) (1880–1930), Finnish wrestler
  • Kristoffer Lindberg (born 1992), Swedish politician
  • Magnus Lindberg (born 1958), Finnish composer
  • Marcus Lindberg (born 1980), Swedish footballer
  • Marie Lindberg (cyclist) (born 1987), Swedish road cyclist
  • Marie Lindberg (singer) (born 1975), Swedish teacher, singer/songwriter and guitarist
  • Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), also known as Master Fatman, Danish media personality

N–Z[edit]

  • Odd F. Lindberg (1945–2021), Norwegian freelance journalist, arctic explorer and film maker
  • Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer
  • Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), Swedish cross-country skier
  • Patrik Lindberg (born 1988), better known as f0rest, Swedish Counter-Strike player
  • Sextus Otto Lindberg (1835–1889), Swedish physician and bryologist
  • Sigfrid Lindberg (1897–1977), Swedish footballer
  • Sven Lindberg (1918–2006), Swedish film actor and director
  • Stig Lindberg (1916–1982), Swedish ceramic designer, glass designer, textile designer, industrial designer, painter, and illustrator
  • Teres Lindberg (born 1974), Swedish politician
  • Tomas Lindberg (born 1972), Swedish singer
  • Torsten Lindberg (1917–2009), Swedish football player and manager
  • Ulrika Knape-Lindberg (born 1955), Swedish diver, mother of Anna Lindberg
  • Verner Lindberg (1852–1909), Finnish politician
  • Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player

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